Christopher Marlowe Cobb, the swashbuckling early 20th century American newspaper war correspondent, travels to Mexico in April and May of 1914, during that country’s civil war, the American invasion of Vera Cruz and the controversial presidency of Victoriano Huerta, El Chacal (The Jackal). Covering the war in enemy territory and sweltering heat, Cobb falls in love with Luisa, a young Mexican laundress, who is not as innocent as she seems.  The intrepid war reporter soon witnesses a priest being shot. The bullet rebounds on the cross the holly man wears around his neck and leaves him unharmed. Cobb employs a young pickpocket to help him find out the identity of the sniper and, more importantly, why important German officials are coming into the city in the middle of the night from ammunition ships docked in the port.

The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte
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Sam Lipsyte, author of the New York Times bestseller The Ask, offers up The Fun Parts, a book of bold, hilarious, and deeply felt fiction. A boy eats his way to self-discovery while another must battle the reality-brandishing monster preying on his fantasy realm. Meanwhile, an aerobics instructor, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, makes the most shocking leap imaginable to save her soul. Other tales feature a grizzled and possibly deranged male birth doula, a doomsday hustler about to face the multi-universal truth of “the real-ass jumbo,” and a tawdry glimpse of the northern New Jersey high school shot-putting circuit, circa 1986.

Benediction by Kent Haruf
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When Dad Lewis is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he and his wife must work together, along with their daughter, to make his final days as comfortable as possible, despite the bitter absence of their estranged son. Next door, a young girl moves in with her grandmother and contends with the memories that Dad’s condition stirs up of her own mother’s death. A newly arrived preacher attempts to mend his strained relationships with his wife and son, and soon faces the disdain of his congregation when he offers more than they are used to getting on Sunday mornings. And throughout, an elderly widow and her middle-aged daughter do all they can to ease the pain of their friends and neighbors.

Rage is Back by Adam Mansbach
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From the author of the best-seller Go the F*** to Sleep.  Kilroy Dondi Vance is an eighteen-year-old mixed-race Brooklynite who deals pot and goes to prep school on scholarship, all while growing up in the shadow of his absentee father, Billy Rage, a legendary graffiti writer who disappeared from New York City in 1989 following a public feud with MTA police chief Anastacio Bracken.  Now it’s 2005. Bracken is running for mayor of New York City. And who should Dondi discover on a rooftop in Brooklyn but his father, newly returned to the city and ready to settle the score. The return of Rage and the mayoral race of Bracken prompt a reunion of every graffiti writer who mattered in the 1980s—in order to thwart Bracken with the greatest graffiti stunt New York City has ever seen.

 

Schroder: A Novel by Amity Gaige
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Attending summer camp as a boy, Erik Schroder — a first generation East German immigrant — adopts the name of Eric Kennedy, a decision that will set him on an improbable and transformative journey, SCHRODER relates the story of how years later, Erik finds himself on an urgent escape to Lake Champlain, Vermont with his daughter, hiding from authorities amidst a heated custody battle with estranged wife, Laura, who is unaware of his previous identity. From a correctional facility, Erik surveys the course of his life: his love for Laura, his childhood, his experience as a father. In this way, this sweeping and deftly-imagined novel is an exploration of the identities we take on in our lives-those we are born with, and those we construct for ourselves.

Autobiography of Us by Aria Beth Sloss
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Coming of age in the patrician neighborhood of Pasadena, California during the 1960s, Rebecca Madden and her beautiful, reckless friend Alex dream of lives beyond their mothers’ narrow expectations. Their struggle to define themselves against the backdrop of an American cultural revolution unites them early on, until one sweltering evening the summer before their last year of college, when a single act of betrayal changes everything.  Decades later, Rebecca’s haunting meditation on the past reveals the truth about that night, the years that followed, and the friendship that shaped her.

Frances and Bernard by Carlee Bauer
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In the summer of 1957, Frances and Bernard meet at an artists’ colony. She finds him faintly ridiculous, but talented. He sees her as aloof, but intriguing. Afterward, he writes her a letter. Soon they are immersed in the kind of fast, deep friendship that can take over—and change the course of—our lives.
From points afar, they find their way to New York and, for a few whirling years, each other. The city is a wonderland for young people with dreams: cramped West Village kitchens, rowdy cocktail parties stocked with the sharp-witted and glamorous, taxis that can take you anywhere at all, long talks along the Hudson River as the lights of the Empire State Building blink on above.  Inspired by the lives of Flannery O’Connor and Robert Lowell, Frances and Bernard imagines, through new characters with charms entirely their own, what else might have happened. It explores the limits of faith, passion, sanity, what it means to be a true friend, and the nature of acceptable sacrifice.

The End of the Point: A Novel by Elizabeth Graver
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For the Porter family, summers at Ashaunt Point – a mile and a half long finger of land on Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts – have anchored life, providing sanctuary for generations. But in 1942, everything abruptly changes when the U.S. Army sets up a base on the Point. The two older girls – teenagers Dossie and Helen – run wild. Their Scottish nanny, Bea, falls in love. And the youngest daughter, Jane, is involved in an incident that cuts the summer short, unsettling notions of safety and home.
As decades pass, first Helen and then her son Charlie return to the Point, seeking refuge in rapidly changing times. But Ashaunt proves to be a space at once protected and contested – geographically remote, but never entirely removed from the events of history unfolding beyond its borders. Neither Charlie nor his mother – nor any other family member – can escape the long shadow of the Vietnam War, the bitterly disputed development of the land around them, economic misfortune, and illness, both psychological and physical.

• Printing may only be done using a credit or debit card on the WEPA kiosks.
• No photocopying is available. As an alternative, we have free public scanners at both the Main and Science libraries.

Bulldog Bucks hopes to have the problem resolved by the end of the day.

Construction advisory:  Lumpkin and Baxter Streets lane and road closures (Ongoing)

When: May 13, 2013 - June 13, 2013

Details: Lanes of Lumpkin and Baxter Streets adjacent to the Bolton Dining Commons construction site will be closed to traffic at various times during the period May 13 through June 13. Through traffic will be slowed, but will be maintained except for the following planned road closures: The block of Lumpkin Street adjacent to the Bolton site will be closed to all traffic on Sunday, June 2 through 5 a.m. Monday, June 3. The block of Baxter Street adjacent to the Bolton site will be closed to all traffic on Sunday, June 9 through 5 a.m. Monday, June 10. During these closures, motorists must find an alternate route.

Dr. Kenneth D. Crews, Director, Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office

“Copyright and the Academy: The Battle turns to the Courts”

For many years, universities and some copyright owners have sparred over interpretations of fair use and other critical provisions of the law. The disagreements have been played out in congressional hearings, negotiations over guidelines, and efforts by leading organizations to influence policymaking at educational institutions. The debates have been robust, but ultimately more of a standoff than a true clash of powers. Much has changed in recent years. Cases involving copyright and education are heading to the courts. The litigation is costly and demanding, but it also is a chance to learn for the first time the view of the courts about the state of copyright law in higher education. The recent court ruling about fair use at Georgia State University (implicating the policies of the entire University System of Georgia) is a leading of example. However, cases are also challenging videostreaming at UCLA, the preservation of digital books at the University of Michigan, and even the ability of libraries to keep foreign books and other materials in their collections. This presentation will offer insights into these cases and pending developments in Congress. It will also examine reasons why the copyright issues that were once the domain of respectful agreement have escalated (or deteriorated) into litigation.

The speaker will be Dr. Kenneth D. Crews, director of the Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University in New York City, where he also teaches in the Columbia Law School. Crews served as the expert witness for the university defendants in the Georgia State case involving fair use of materials for teaching.

Monday May 20 10-11:30 am Refreshments available 9-10 am
271 Special Collections Libraries Auditorium
(please note: no food and drinks permitted in Auditorium, only water bottles)

About the Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office: http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/about/director-and-staff/

• Printing may only be done using a credit or debit card on the WEPA kiosks.
• No photocopying will be available. As an alternative, we have free public scanners at both the Main and Science libraries.

Please ask at the Reference Desk for help with WEPA or scanning.

Bulldog Bucks estimates that the system will be working again by 6:00 a.m. Monday May 13, so the above limitations only affect the Libraries on Saturday. (We are closed on Sunday, May 12.)

(Last day of finals) Tuesday, May 7 – 7:30am to 7:30pm

Wednesday, May 8 – Friday, May 10 – 8am to 6pm

Saturday, May 11 – 10am to 6pm

Sunday, May 12 – Libraries are closed

Monday, May 13 – 8am to 6pm

Maymester begins on Tuesday, May 14.

Things to do before you graduate:

Check your library “My Account” record and clear all outstanding obligations.

Return all books (including GIL Express) before you leave campus even if they are not due.
Pay all fines and fees. You may pay by cash, check or credit card.
Remember that your records will be flagged with the Registrar if outstanding library obligations are not cleared.

If you have any questions about your account, please contact:

Access Services – Main Library
Phone: 706-542-3256
Email: maincirc@uga.edu

Access Services – Science Library
Phone: 706-542-4535
Email: science@uga.edu

You can use the UGA Libraries after you graduate! Here’s how:

Alumni Association
Outside Borrowers Program

Access to the Libraries’ GALILEO password is not available through these programs.

Information about Registration, Records, Academic Calendars, and Graduation can be found at the Office of the Registrar’s webpage.

We have pictures and video up on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ugalibraries). If you see yourself or someone you know, please tag them. We got the names of all the dogs, but not the students!

Day 2 of the event is tomorrow, May 2, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m, on the lawn in front of the Main Library.  The following dogs will be there, but there could be some surprise guests/gate crashers like today. You never know…

Marley – Great Pyrenees
Gunner – Fluffy Black Dog from Athens Canine Rescue
Winnie – Miniature Schnauzer
Fozzie and Riley – Black Labs
Maggie – Yellow Lab
Billy – Golden Retriever
Riot – Dalmatian
Nanuk – Pitbull
Pocho – Schnauzer
PLUS:  some pups from Animal Control!

Check out pictures of Thursday’s dogs, also on Facebook.

The footage was discovered as part of a donation to the Home & Amateur Movies Collection in the Walter J. Brown Media & Peabody Awards Archive. It is part of the Pebble Hill Plantation Footage.

If links become available to view the segments, we’ll update this post with links.